Guard for bottle-corks.



T. W. CHAPMAN.

GUARD FOR BOTTLE CORKS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 14, 1914.

Pat-efited Oct. 26, 1915.

TWCHHPMAN THERON W. CHAPMAN, OF BELVIDERE, ILLINOIS.

GUARD FQR BOTTLE-CORKS.

Application filed September 14, 1914.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, TI-IERON W. CHAPMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Belvidere, in the county of Boone and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Guards for Bottle-Corks, of which the following is a specification, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to a certain new and useful guard for bottle corksand for use particularly with bottles the contents of which are deadlyor dangerous.

It is well known that many mistakes frequently resulting in death, aremade in improperly selecting medicine bottles particularly in the dark.

My invention has for its object the production of a guard to be usedwith bottles containing poisons or dangerous drugs such guard when usedwill make mistakes such as referred to impossible and with this end inview my invention consists in the details of construction hereinaftermore fully set forth.

In order that my invention may be fully understood and its advantagesappreciated I will proceed to describe the same referring by numerals tothe accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of abottle provided with one of my improved guards, Fig. 2 is a similar Viewat a right angle tothat shown at Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a section on the lineaa of Fig. 1, Fig. 4: is a perspective view of the guard removed fromthe bottle, and Fig. 5 is a similar view of a modification of the guard.

Similar reference numerals indicate like parts in the several figures ofthe drawing.

1 represents an ordinary bottle used for containing drugs and medicinesand having the usual neck 2 and flanged top 3 adapted to receive a cork4.

The guard is composed of comparatively thin sheet metal and consists ofa narrow band 5 one end of which is formed with a transverse slot 6,adapted to receive the other end of the band which after passing throughthe slot is bent over as clearly shown, to secure the device to the neckof the bottle under the flange 3. The band is formed with two or moreupright projections 6 of a height about equal to the upward projectionof the cork or other stopper which may be used to close the bottle.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented (lot. 26, 1915.

Serial No. 861,644.

The metal of which the guard is made should be sufliciently ductile topermit of bending the projections 6 around the flange 3 of the bottleand into the position shown at Fig. 1.

From the construction and arrangement shown it will readily be seen thatif an attempt is made to grasp the cork 4: with the fingers theprojections 6 will guard the cork and the fingers will slip off of theseprojections thus the person attempting to withdraw the cork will benotified that the contents of the bottle are dangerous.

While I have shown at Fig. 1 the preferred form of the guard as havingonly two vertical projections, it may be made with more than two asshown at Fig. 5 so that the cork cannot be approached from any anglewithout contact with the guard.

I prefer to make these guard projections comparatively wide at the upperend and having a degree of elasticity as tending to more readily causethe slipping of the fingers, but variations may be made in theparticulars mentioned and in other details of construction withoutdeparting from the principle of my invention which resides in providinga bottle with a removable guard adjacent to the cork which willconstitute notice that the contents of the bottle are dangerous.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

The combination with a bottle having an annular flange at the outer endof the neck, of a guard for the cork within the neck comprising a band,a plurality of arms carried by the band and projecting at right anglestherefrom, said arms being bent to engage the upper and lower face ofthe annular flange, said arms being substantially circular in form attheir outer ends and comparatively Wide with reference to the cork, toguard the approach of fingers to the cork and to induce the slipping ofthe fingers, substantially as hereinbefore set forth.

In testimony whereof Thereunto aliix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

rnnaon w. CHAPMAN.

Witnesses:

JOHN W. ELonmcn, F. W. GRAIN.

topics of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

